Films

Adopt Me, Michael Jordan
A look at the situation of Ethiopian orphans

Adopted: The Movie
A film about two adoptive families with children from Asia

Approved for Adoption
French film about a South Korean adoptee returning to his birth country

Calcutta Calling
Three girls adopted from India travel from Minnesota to their birth country

China’s Lost Girls
The journey of American families traveling to China to adopt

Crossing Chasms
A documentary about a Korean adoptee returning to Korea to search for birth family

Daughter from Danang
A documentary about a mixed-race Vietnamese-American adoptee who returns to Vietnam to find her birth family

First Person Plural
A Korean adoptee’s journey to rediscover her past

For the Life of Me
One adoptee’s search for his birth mother

Found in China
Six adoptive families travel to China with their Chinese adopted daughters

I Have Roots and Branches: Personal Reflections on Adoption
Adoptees from across the age spectrum share thoughts and emotions about the adoption experience

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
Told as a child to keep her identity a secret from her American family, one Korean adoptee returns to Korea as an adult to find answers

Las Hijas
A documentary about three women adopted from Colombia

Long Wait for Home
The voices of the Chinese side of international adoption—the birth parents, the orphanages, and ordinary Chinese citizens and scholars

Made in China: The Story of Adopted Children from China
The experiences of Chinese adoptees growing up in Canada

Made in Korea: A One-way-ticket Seoul-Amsterdam?
A Korean-Dutch adoptee and his search for identity

Off and Running
An African-American adoptee in a diverse family explores her identity

Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam
The stories of the children airlifted from Vietnam before the Fall of Saigon, and adopted by American parents

Outside Looking In
Three families’ experiences with transracial adoption

Passing Through
A Korean adoptee from Minnesota returns to live in Korea

Precious Cargo
Eight adoptees from Operation Babylift return to Vietnam

Resilience
The story of one Korean adoption told from both the adoptee’s and birth mother’s perspective

Secrets and Lies
Cross-class and transracial adoption themes are explored in this story about a biracial adoptee who searches for and finds her biological mother.

Struggle for Identity
Adoptees discuss their experiences growing up in transracial families

Wo Ai Ni Mommy
The story of an older Chinese girl adopted into an American family